Briefs-state

WINDSOR LOCKS -- A baggage loader ran into a Continental Airlines airplane Tuesday night in an aircraft loading area at Bradley International Airport, causing only in minor damage.

It was not known whether any passengers were on the DC- 9 when the loader, which looks like a conveyor belt on wheels, was accidentally driven into the plane. The vehicle was to be used to unload the baggage from the plane, which had just arrived from Cleveland.

Officials from Continental and the airport could not be reached for further information.

Man Identified In Drowning

ENFIELD -- The body that was pulled from the Connecticut River near Sandy Beach Island on Sunday afternoon was identified Tuesday as that of a Springfield man who had threatened suicide last month.

Michael Anthony Williams, 34, was reported missing by a relative in early April after he threatened to jump from Memorial Bridge in Springfield, according to Springfield police.

A witness saw a man either jump or fall from the bridge April 4, and people farther downstream saw the river carry him away.

The body was discovered on a sandbar about 2:30 p.m. Sunday near a site where several families were having holiday picnics.

Man Killed By Power Line

LEDYARD -- A 29-year-old Haddam man was killed and a 38-year-old Southington man was critically injured after a drilling rig apparently came in contact with a high-voltage power line Tuesday on Military Road.

Kevin L. Ravizza was electrocuted after he apparently went to the aid of the rig's operator, Jonathan Vitale, said Deputy Fire Chief Richard Weiss of the Gales Ferry Fire Co.

Weiss said Ravizza tried to turn the machine off, but the machine was still in contact with the power line, which state police estimate was carrying 8,000 volts.

Vitale was transported to Bridgeport Hospital's burn center, where a spokeswoman said he was in critical, but stable condition Tuesday evening.

Both men were employees of Ravizza Brothers Blasting Co., state police said. The company was drilling holes for blasting as part of a town-sponsored project to install a waterline on Military Road, said Mayor Wesley L. Johnson Sr.

The incident occurred about 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of Military Road and Maple Corners Road.

The roadway was closed Tuesday night while state police continued their investigation.

Boy Locked Up In Car Trunk

DERBY -- A woman accused of binding her 4-year-old son with a leather strap and locking him in the trunk of her car while she made a home-health- care-visit has been arrested, police said.

Titeria Ross, 19, of Ansonia, appeared in Superior Court Tuesday on charges of risk of injury to a minor, unlawful restraint and reckless endangerment.

A judge issued a partial family violence protective order that bars her from restraining or assaulting the boy. She did not enter a plea, and is due back in court June 9.

The state Department of Children and Families has placed the boy with relatives, and the agency planned to seek an order for temporary custody today, an agency spokeswoman said.

Ross was visiting a client in Oxford Saturday when people at the client's home said they heard cries for help coming from the trunk of her 1992 Hyundai, the police report said. The witnesses told police that when Ross refused to open the trunk, they freed the boy themselves by getting into the trunk through the back seat of the car.

Police said the boy was not injured. The car and a leashlike leather strap were seized as evidence, they said.

Police Identify Found Body

EAST HARTFORD -- Police have identified a body discovered floating in the Connecticut River Thursday as that of Edward Aloisi, 60, of St. James Avenue in Springfield.

He was identified through dental records, police said.

Aloisi, who had been missing since mid-January, is believed to have walked away from a rehabilitation center on his own after hearing voices, said Lt. Bill Noonan, a Springfield police spokesman.

There is no evidence that his death was the result of criminal activity, although police are waiting for the results of laboratory tests before closing their investigation, said Noonan and East Hartford police.

Anne Borrelli, who owns the small rehabilitation center and several others in the the area, said Aloisi, a client of the Veterans Administration Department of Mental Health, had schizophrenia and heard voices if he did not take his medicine.

Hose Rupture Starts Ink Spill

A hose ruptured during an ink delivery at The Courant on Flower Street in Hartford early Tuesday, causing 25 to 50 gallons to spill on an asphalt and concrete parking area.

An official with the state Department of Environmental Protection said the ink was quickly contained, and did not reach any storm drains. He said the newspaper notified the National Spill Response Center and called in a private cleanup contractor.

``We would consider this a minor spill,'' said James Santacroce, who works in the department's oil and chemical spill unit. ``It was caused by the combination of the failure of the hose on the Flynt Inc. truck and a valve inside The Courant that was improperly closed.''